Packer for blooms and the like



J. W. PIERCY AND J. R. HOWARD.

PACKER FOR ABLOOMS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION men MAR. 1. 1912.

1,359,195. Patented Nov. 16, 19 20.

UNITED stares JOHN WILLIAM PIERCY AND JAMES RAYMOND HOWARD, FSCUNTI-IOBIPE, ENGLAND.

rare-NT OFFICE.

PACKER r03 BLOOMS 'AND THE LIKE.

Application filed March 7, 1918. SerialNo. 221,017.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, JOHN WVILLIAM PIEROY, subject of the King of GreatBritain and Ireland, residing at 3 Diana street, Crosbyficunthorpegnthecounty of Llncolnshire, En land, and J ALIES RAYMOND HOWARD, subjector'the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Tawstock, Colestreet, Scunthorpe, in the county of Lincolnshire, England, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improved Packer for Blooms and thelike, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improved means i for packing or loadingtogether a number of blooms, billets, bars and other similar objects sothat such bundle of objects can be more easily handled, the object ofthe present invention being the provision of means whereby a number ofseparate articles can be automatically fed to the apparatus and be soplaced in position relatively to each other that the whole bundle ofarticles can be readily handled and the comblnation with such means ofprovision for enabling a chain, slin or the like to be placed under thebundle of articles.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the 1mproved packing apparatus provided with feeding rollers. I

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a plan of the same.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line A, B, Fig. 2, showing also alifting chain or sling. and

Fig. 5 is a section, to an enlarged scale, of part of the machine bedplate.

The drawing illustrates the improved packing apparatus as arranged forthe packing of blooms or billets in connectlon with rolling mills, andfitted with feeding rollers.

The bed plate 1 may be of any desired length and width and its uppersurface is provided with a number of transverse grooves 2 from thebottom of which the lower face of the groove slopes upwardly in aforwarddirection toward the too 3 of the next groove. The section of the bed isthus approximately ratchet or saw toothed as shown in Fig. 5, but theshape of the grooves and of the inclines may be varied provided thereare no edges or projection which would prevent the forward movement ofan article slippingin a forward direction upon such bedandso that thereis a clear passage through thegroove when the top opening. thereto isclosed by articles upon. the bed. At the sides of the bed there are anumber of uprights 4: which are suf- Specification of Letters Patent. IPatented NOV. 16, .1920;

ficiently strong to withstand the strain,

thrown upon them and are so arranged that the spaces 5 between theuprights correspond with the entrances to the grooves 2 in the bed plateand the uprights are preferably so placed or shaped that their verticaledges offer no obstruction to the forward movement of the articles. Theupper end of each upright, is, or may be, provided with a groove 6 orits equivalent for receivin and ositioning a plate 7 which forms an endor abutment to the length of bed in use, and the lower end of the plate7 may be held in a similar manner. The position of the plate 7 ischanged in accordance with the length of the articles to be packed.

The blooms or billets, in the arrangement shown are delivered to theimproved apparatus by positively driven rollers 8 which are constructed,arranged, and driven according to any usual method. The surface speed ofthese rollersand their height above the bed plate are so designed andarranged that the billets 9, Fig. 1, delivered by the end roller fallinto approximately the position shown in Fig. 2, with the center of thebillets approximately over the entrance to one of the grooves 2 on thebed plate 1 and at the end of the roller frame 10 there is an end plate11 by which the packed billets are held clear of the end roller whenbeing secured.

The teeth on the upper surface of the bed plate may be integral withsuch plate or they may be attached thereto and in the latter case arereadily replaceable if broken or worn, also the articles to be packedmay be delivered by a traveling band, an inclined chute or otherequivalent means instead of the feeding rollers.

By means of the apparatus herein described the billets are automaticallypacked or loaded upon the bed plate 1 and when a suflicient number havebeen so packed or loaded a chain, sling, or the like 12, Fig. 1, ispassed through the groove 2 under such bundle and the bundle is removedby a crane or like means. The chain or sling may however be placed inthe groove before the loading or packing is commenced and for longer Iarticles two or more chains or slings may be used to each bundle.

What we claim as our invention and defrom their bases in a directionaway from the feeding device, upright bars at both sides of thebed plateandan end plate for limiting the length of the bed in use substantiallyas herein set forth.

2. In an apparatus for the packing of blooms or billets, the combinationof a feeding device, a bed plate, transverse grooves in the face of saidbed plate, said grooves 1 being of ratchet formation lying in adirection away from the feeding device, up-

right bars at both sides of'the bed plate and an adjustable end platesupported by said upright bars and engaging at its lower 1 extremity inany of the grooves.

JOHN WILLIAM PIERCY. JAMES RAYMOND HOWARD.

Witnesses:

F. G. HOWARD,

WM. Mnnvm.

